120 WEDDING AND RECEPTION INVITATIONS. The accompanying specimens of invitations, while expressing the suitable wording, do not, in all cases, represent the size of the note or card. They are of various sizes, as desired, and usually a little larger than here illustrated. The form, or wording, of these is printed on paper about the width of commercial note paper, but a little shorter, the invitation being spread over nearly all of the sheet. The form presented on the preceding page is the note of invitation issued by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dunsbar on the occasion of the marriage of their daughter, Helen Lenora to Mr. Richard Wellcome, the ceremony taking place at a church. We also here append the form of a card issued to those guests who have been invited to attend the ceremony. The newly married couple issue their card as follows: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Bartlett, 325 Johnson Avenue At Home Thursdays in July Bridal Reception Cards. WEDDING CEREMONIES Notes of INVITATION WEDDINGS MARRIAGE CEREMONIES. 123 AVING resolved upon marriage, the lady will determine when the ceremony shall take place. No peculiar form of ceremony is requisite, nor is it im perative that it be performed by a particular person. In the United States, marriage is regarded as a civil contract, which may be entered. In consequence of the recognized vast importance of mar- To be entitled to contract marriage, the following requisites are necessary : 1st, That they be willing to marry; 2d, That they be of sound mind; 3d, That they have arrived at the age allowed by law; 4th, That neither of the parties is married already to another who is living, and from whom such party has not obtained a divorce from the bonds of matrimony; and 5th, That the parties are not so nearly related by consanguinity, as to prohibit their marriage, by the laws of the State in which the marriage is contrac Led. |